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71- The Throne Room


71- The Throne Room
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Copyright: MarieLouise Davies (maloutim) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 649 W: 159 N: 872] (2682)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2003-11-03
Categories: Architecture
Map: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2007-11-23 21:59
Viewed: 1033
Points: 24
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is the palace of the famous king Minos.
MYTHOLOGY: He was the son of the god Zeus ( born in Crete ) and of Europe.
The Minotaure, a bull-headed man was born of the relationship between Pasiphaé, Minos's wife, and a bull sent by Poseidon.
To hide it to the rest of the world, Minos had Daedalus build a palace called " Labyrinth". It was so complicated that nobody could have found his way in it! Fortunately, Ariadne, the Minotaure's half sister provided Theseus with the famous thread , which allowed him to flee after the fight that rid the Earth of such an evil monster.
HISTORY: That contains a lot of uncertainties. The palace was discovered by the British archaeologist, Arthur Evans in 1900, but he seemed to have jumped to conclusions too quickly, and he unfortunately started rebuilding the place in concrete, without enough careful studies.
However, it seems that the Minoean dynasty was a brilliant one from around 1700 BC until about 1400 BC.
It is thought that Minos actually represented a series of kings from the dynasty. One thing is sure, is that it was a brilliant, pacific civilisation based on commerce.
Their reign ended with the invasion of the Myceneans, then the Romans, the Venitians, the Turks...
Eventually, they fought for independence from the 1860's until 1898, when they eventually obtained it.
In 1913, they became a region of Greece.
In WS, a fresco of the bullfighting game, and one of the Queen's apartment.
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Hi Marie
Very nice and intresthing place...
TFS
Cheers,Braca

Salut Marie Louise
Matinale, chère voisine!!
Un haut lieu de notre civilisation. De très bonnes couleurs sur ce décor étonnant!!
Cette bonne réalisation est complété d'une note intéressante.
Du bon travail
Amicalement
Hervé

Bonsoir marie-louise,
le cadrage en angle est original. Ca passe bien. Mais il me manque un je ne sais quoi dans cette image pour la rendre vraiment attrayante.
Amicalement
JMatrc

hello marie luise


nice composition with lovely warm colours
good POV and details.

best regards Stamatis

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  • JCG Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3540 W: 463 N: 5121] (18374)
  • [2007-11-24 10:24]

Re bonsoir Marie-Louise,

Tu nous présentes une belle et intéressante série de fresques à travers ces 3 photos. Malgré le temps qui a passé les couleurs sont restées vives et attrayantes. Merci de nous faire partager ces beaux souvenirs de vacances.

Avec mes amitiés et à bientôt,

Jean-Charles

Hi Marie Louise, it's great that you were able to bring back some of your history lessons from your holiday. I like the point of view you've chosen and the colors are beautiful. I appreciate your description so we can all learn from your photo.
Sincerely
Mary

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  • stego Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3713 W: 619 N: 5210] (16638)
  • [2007-11-24 14:16]

Salut Marie Louise,
Une excellente capture d'un endroit unique et très belle, accompagnée d'une note très informative et bien écrite. Les WS's sont un beau complément.
Amicalement, José.

Bonsoir, mon amie Marie-Louise,
Quel bonheur de pouvoir contempler ces merveilles. Superbes fresques qui représentent des griffons (sauf erreur).
S'agit-il de copies ou ces fresques proviennent-elles du musée ?
Quoi qu'il en soit, la beauté est étonnante.
Très intéressantes prises de vue parfaitement représentées.
Amitiés.
Philippe

Salut Marie-Louise,
De belles couleurs pour ce "sanctuaire" et une note très interessante...
Amitiés, Gilles

Salut Marie Louise,

Very good capture of these nice frescos. I like the vivid colors, the excellent light and great details. Very informative note.

Have a nice week.
Leonor

Marie-Louise bonsoir.
J'aime le rendu de cet intérieur crétois. La décoration est superbe et ne peut que susciter l'admiration.
Jacques

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  • bazal Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2504 W: 118 N: 2354] (7892)
  • [2007-12-10 2:27]

Bonjour, Marie Louise.
Le palais de Knossos est l'un des endroits que je reve de visiter. Je connaissais cette fresque des Griffons pour l'avoir vue sur une multitude de livres orientes archeologie, mais c'est toujours etonnant de se rendre compte du raffinement et de l'avance de cette civilisation.
Merci du partage!

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